“I think what I like about my career or my current situation now is that I’m able to provide a voice for those who have never been heard for a long, long time,” said Jackie Baras, this week’s Homegrown Hero.
Baras is a transgender woman and a Quality Nurse Manager of Perioperative Services and Clinical Anesthesia Manager for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She’s both well respected as Nurse Leader and TransRights advocate in RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) and community. Also, she’s recognized as one of the most dynamic speakers, resource experts and leaders in Nursing and the LGBTQIA community.